Method of securing suspension-loops to the ends of hammock-bodies



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METHOD OF SECURING SUSPENSION LOOPS TO THE ENDS OF HAMMOOK BODIES. No.510,087. Patented Dec. 5, 1893.

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ISAAC E. PALMER, OF MIDDLETOW'N, CONNECTICUT.-

} METHOD OF SECURING SUSPENSlON-LOOPS TO THE ENDS OF HAMMOCK-BODIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 510,087, dated December5, 1893.

Applica i filed September 19, 1893. Serial No. 485,745- (No model.)

To 00 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, Isaac E. PALMER, of Middletown, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented anew and usefulImprovement in Methods of Securing Suspension-Loops to the Ends of Ham-1nock-Bodies,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the method of securingsuspension loops to the ends of hammock bodies, where the loops areformed in series separate from the hammock body structure.

The method is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which.

Figure 1 shows the position of the series of loops with respect to theend of the body portionof the hammock when first applied thereto. Fig. 2represents the position of the parts after the first fold has been made.Fig. 3 represents the position of the parts after the second fold hasbeen made and the loops returned to the position. which they areintended to normally occupy. Fig. 4 represents the position of the partswhen the connection is completed by folding the end of the hammock bodyover the previous fold at the juncture of the loop portion with thehammock body and securing it to the hammock body. Figs. 5 and 6illustrate different structures of series of loops which I find itconvenient to employ as suspension loops, the structure shown in Fig. 5having the warp interwoven with the loops for a short distance from oneedge of the series, a structure which may be conveniently formed on anordinary fringe loom and that shown in Fig. 6 consisting simply of aseries of loops formed by winding a cord back and forth over pegslocated at the proper distance apart to determine the width of theseries or length of each loop.

The series of loops, either that represented in Fig. 5 or in Fig.6, orany other well known or approved structure comprising a series of loopsis secured to one end of a piece of fabric as fo1loWs:First, one edge'ofthe series of loops is laid over the end of the body portion, asindicated in Fig. 1, a distance suflicient to provide for the width ofthe hem and in addition thereto leaving afree end portion of the body tobe folded over the hem as a final step. The body portion or hammock bodyis represented by A and the series of loops by.

B. After laying the edges of the series of loops B over the end of thebody A and either turning under their lower edge I) or not, as may befound expedient, a line of stitching O is run along near the edges ofthe series of loops, stitching the latter to the body A. The loopportion B, together with the portion a of the body above or outside ofthe seam C is then folded over into the position shown in Fig. 2 and asecond line of stitching C is run through the three parts, viZ., thebody A, the loop portion B and the end a, at a short distance from theline of stitching O and toward the free end of the loop portion B fromthe line of stitching C. The loop portion and end a of the body,together with the hem thus far formed, are then folded over intoengagement with the opposite side of the body A, as indicated in Fig. 3,leaving the loop portion B extended in a plane parallel with the body Aand the end a of the body extended alongside of the said loop portion.13. The said end portion a of the body is then folded down over the hemand into contact with the body A, as indicated in Fig. 4., and a line ofstitching C is then run along, connecting the end a with the body A. Thefree end of the extension a may be turned under before the seam G isrun, or not as may be found expedient. The connection thus made is asecure one and will hold the loops Very firmly in place, but, foradditional security, a fourth line of stitching 0 may be run through thehem in proximity to the folded edges of the body A and its extended enda, as indicated in Fig. 4.

What I claim is The method of securing suspension loops to the end of afabric, consisting in first stitching the overlapping edges of theseries of loops to the fabric at a distance from its end, then foldingthe series of loops and end of the fabric over into engagement with thebody together and finally folding the hem thus madetogether with theloops and end of the fabricback over andinto engagement with the body ofthe fabric and stitching the folded over end of the body of the fabricto the body of the fabric, substantially as set forth.

ISAAC E. PALMER. Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, GEORGE BARRY.

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